这封信写于06-01-23 16:09:01，当时第一轮面试刚刚结束，在回家的火车上写了一些自己的感想，面试官也就是我们的Vice president即将退休，贴出来与大家共享并纪念此刻。
Dear Daniel,
I am sorry that this letter might come a little bit late.I appreciate your patience and understanding.Also I want to thank you for giving me one precious interview opportunity and so many good advices.
On my trip back home,I have thought a lot.Life seems to be like a single-journey trip.At different stages of our lives we come to different stations which might be our destination.At certain stations,some ones get satisfied,even if there are some more passing trains,they don't care at all and spend all their lives there.While there are others who wait for another train to take them further to another station where their lives can be more meaningful.Chances are that so many passing-by trains and so many uncertainties about where they are going make it difficult to make decisions.Yet we don't have time to hesitate,for once the train passes it never returns.Silliker the train is here,to take it or not to take it,it's time for me to make a decision before I miss it.
Three years ago,when I was a fresh graduate from university,I had two trains at my station.One is a job offer with a salary of 1,000yuan/month.The other is to pursue my master degree.Taking the job offer might lessen my family's financial tension,yet only to a limited extent.300yuan for renting a house,300yuan for living,I could save at most 400yuan on the condition that I don't buy any other necessities of life.Needless to say,taking over my father's responsibility is still difficult.As a graduate,although I have learned a lot,there are even more to be known.If I chose to stay at my station,I might never know what HACCP is,what GC-MS or HPLC is, not to mention those up-to-date technologies in food industry.As a graduate,neither could I make such a goal for my life as a post-graduate due to limited horizons.Going to work,doing well my job,going back to my rented house,having a sleep,day after day,night after night,that might be my whole life---no goal,no ambition,just a repetition of one day.Fortunately I took the other train.Although my university is far away from home,I had my whole family at my back.Three years' study broadened my horizons.Self-improvement is beneficial not only to myself but to my family and society.Three years' accumulation of knowledge and skills has endowed me with more ability to take chanllenges.Taking over my father's responsibility is no longer so difficult as three years ago.More power,more responsibility,this sense of responsibility really makes one happy and makes one's life more meanful.I never regret my option three years ago,neither do my family.
As to my current situation,it is quite similar to my above-mentioned one------a precious
opportunity that once it goes it never returns,a decision to be made by the whole family,a further self-improvement opportunity etc.Time has proven our option three years ago is right,now we are going to make another one.At first,work in Singapore and receive the necessary training for half a year or one year.I have taken the HACCP audit training and I have the education background of food safety,so whether to take QA/QC programmes or microbiological test,I want to try either or both.This is a process of applying what I have learned into practice.As we know,learning is the foundation of work,while work is the motive of further learning.So this is also a process to check out whether the foundation is solid enough.Inevitably I would come across some defects in my knowledge or skills.Then I would apply to go on pursuing my PhD in Singapore,either on my first year's salary or on taking past-time jobs or even possible on the company's support.As to the win-win philosophy,I thank you for caring about me,my girlfriend and my family.I have had a discussion with anyone of them.And once again they are unanimously at my back just like three years ago.My own experience has proven that love will never give in to the distance between us in space, for our hearts are together.What's more,no pains no gains.This is somewhat like my trip back home.Although I have to spend 17 hours standing overnight on the train,I can get back home and be reunited with my family.So this 17 hours' painful standing is worthwhile.In a similar way my going to Singapore will be rewarded.When I return,it is probable that I can even have my family live with me.Several years' separation would be rewarded by permanent togetherness.What's more,once I am back in China,I'll contribute more to silliker and to my motherland.As Chairman Mao said"When you drink water,you should never forget the one who dug the well."I never will.
I do hope I can catch silliker the train,for me,for my family and for Dr.QianHe.I don't want to let anyone of them down.I hope you can give me this chance.Look forward to your good news.
Sincerely，
Jackie
